Geography Quiz #204
Geography Quiz for 9 December 2012
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Q1.
Until the Gotthard Base Tunnel was commissioned in 2016, what was the world's longest traffic (railway or road) tunnel?
Note: This question was updated in September 2020
A
Gotthard Rail Tunnel in Switzerland that connects Göschenen with Airolo
B
Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France
C
The Simplon Tunnel that connects Switzerland with Italy.
D
Seikan Tunnel that connects the islands of HonshÅ« and HokkaidÅ
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Q2.
Which of these is one of the Channel Islands?
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Q3.
What is the name of the lighthouse off the coast of Angus at the mouth of the Firth of Tay, which is also called Bell Rock?
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Q4.
What is the basic design of the new state flag adopted by The Republic of the Union of Myanmar on 21 October 2010 to replace the former flag that had been in use since 1974?
A
Red, white & blue vertical stripes
B
Yellow, green & red horizontal stripes with a five-pointed white star in the middle
C
13 stars circled in a corner with 13 red and white horizontal bars
D
Red, with a green horizontal stripe through the centre
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Q5.
Ashkenazic and Sephardic are the two divisions of what cultire?
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Q6.
What country has borders with Libya, Sudan and Israel?
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Q7.
The names of how many continents end with the same letter that they started with?
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